25. In regulation 24 (adopter’s notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave) of the SPL Regulations as they apply to parental order parents—
(a)paragraph (2) shall read as if—
(i)the words of sub-paragraph (c) were—
“the expected week of birth for C and C’s date of birth (except as provided for in paragraph (5));”;
(ii)the words of sub-paragraph (d) were—
“if the parental order has been granted, the date on which it was granted;”;
(b)paragraph (3) shall read as if there were substituted for the full stop at the end of sub-paragraph (b) a semi-colon and inserted after that sub-paragraph—
“(c)a parental statutory declaration signed by A.”;
(c)paragraph (5) shall read as if the words in that paragraph were—
“(5) Where a notice is given under paragraph (1) before C is born, A must give notice of C’s date of birth as soon as reasonably practicable after the birth of C and in any event before the first period of shared parental leave to be taken by A.”;
(d)it shall read as if after paragraph (6) there were inserted—
“(7) A is only required to supply a parental statutory declaration in accordance with paragraph (3)(c) if—
(a)A has not obtained a parental order for C; and
(b)A has not already supplied such a declaration to his employer.”.